How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from West Side Story.
Quote #7
ANITA: One of your own kind, stick to your own kind!
Anita has good reason to blame Maria for loving Tony—he just killed Bernardo. But she pulls out another reason: loyalty to their own culture. Nothing but trouble when you fraternize with the enemy.
Quote #8
A-RAB: Lay off of him.
ACTION: Mind your own business.
A-RAB: Don't start up on me, or I'll punch in your stupid...
ACTION: You'll do what? Huh?
With Riff dead, the Jets' former loyalty to each other starts to fall apart. That means they'll be easy pickings not only for the Sharks, but for the cops as well. It's up to Ice to pull his crew together.
Quote #9
ICE: Now you all better dig this and dig it good. No matter who or what is eatin' you, man, you show it and you are dead. You are cuttin' a hole in yourselves for them to stick in a red hot umbrella and open it. Wide. Man, you wanna get past the cops when they start askin' you about tonight? You wanna live in this lousy world? You play it cool.
Ice takes control of the gang here, asking for loyalty in the name of survival. They all want to get even for the death of Riff, but if they don't put the Jets first, it's only going to get them arrested.